People / Ellie Perry
With a background in Product and Furniture Design, Ellie discovered ceramics on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, where she trained in production pottery. She now works from her Deptford studio producing wheel-thrown functional ware, taking inspiration from British studio ceramics. Ellie's focus is on the tactility and strength of each piece, bringing the handmade into the everyday.
Terracotta Slipware Plate
I have a kiln in my studio and I am limited to making pieces that fit within this kiln space. Plates are always tricky in a small studio/kiln because they take up so much surface area and are prone to warping so you need to ensure there is no overhang off the kiln shelf.
With the price of electricity constantly
going up, I also want to maximise the amount of pieces that I can fit within one kiln firing. For that reason, I have designed my dinner plates so that the diameter of them allows for exactly three plates to a kiln shelf. I keep them unglazed on the outside which allows them to butt up against each other in the firing without the glaze fuzing them together, allowing them to be ever so slightly bigger. The height is also factored in, ensuring each plate is slightly shy of the shortest kiln prop height.